Dr. Helen Bond is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at Howard University in Washington DC and the former director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Assessment. She is also a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar to India, co-chair to the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN-USA), founding member of the Center for Women, Gender, & Global Leadership at Howard and liaison to the Center for African Studies (CfAS) at Howard. 

Dr. Bond also co-chairs a SDSN working group on diversity, equity, and justice for sustainable development.  The UNSDSN was set up in 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General to mobilize advocacy around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She was one of the coauthors of Never More Urgent: A Preliminary Review of How the US is Leaving Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous Communities Behind and In the Red: the US Failure to Deliver on a Promise of Racial Equality, which displays how US states are delivering the SDGs across different racial and ethnic groups in the US.

She is also one of the authors of “Trash Hack Action Learning for Sustainable Development” in conjunction with UNESCO’s Section of Education for Sustainable Development. Trash Hack Action Learning will be used by UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet), which consists of over 11,500 educational institutions in over 180 countries. The Guide helps educators everywhere engage students in action-oriented activities that increase awareness and action around waste. 

Dr. Helen Bond was inducted in the 2020 Alumni Hall of Fame by The Ohio State University-Mansfield for her work in education and human development.